'Rein in' Ronnie, St Bess union tells PM
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 01:46:12 -0700 | political-news
Published: Saturday May 25, 2013 Jodi-Ann Gilpin, Gleaner Writer The St Elizabeth Teachers' Association has said that Minister of Education Ronald Thwaites would not be invited to address its annual conference in August. "We urge the prime minister of Jamaica,...
Two bodies found in Kingston Harbour
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 01:46:12 -0700 | political-news
However, up to late afternoon, police investigators could not say if the deaths were connected or give any indication as to the cause of death. Eyewitnesses said the first body, that of a teenage boy, was discovered shortly after 10...
CXC wrong to fire Phillip, IDT rules
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 01:46:09 -0700 | technology-news
According to the IDT, based on the facts before it, the dismissal of Phillip was unjustified. Phillip was fired after he was accused of consistently performing below the required standard and after unsatisfactory ratings on two appraisals in 2011. But...
Divesting minister's power ill-advised, says Brown
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 01:46:08 -0700 | political-news
Mark Golding has parted company with two of his colleagues who argued against the move to divest the power to grant waivers. The Senate yesterday approved a Harmonisation of Charities Act, which removes the discretionary power for the granting of...
Government sued - Keith Clarke's family files $18m lawsuit against State
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 01:46:08 -0700 | allnews
The suit was filed yesterday by Clarke's widow, Claudette, and their daughter Britanni Clarke. They say in court documents that they witnessed Clarke being shot in the bedroom at their house at East Kirkland Heights, St Andrew, and were left...
UTech forensic chemistry students to work with cops
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 02:47:06 -0700 | political-news
For six weeks, the students will work with Scene of Crime units across the island. The work-study programme was launched yesterday at the university's Papine campus. Dr Kenesha Wilson, cooperative education coordinator for the School of Natural and Applied Sciences,...
KSAC offices get Labour Day facelift
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 02:47:05 -0700 | political-news
We always seek partnerships for Labour Day mainly to make sure that we contribute where it matters," Joyini told The Gleaner . "We enjoy doing this. It is something that is very fulfilling for all of us," she revealed. Ralph...
Yallahs Primary Brownies reach out to deaf community
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Yallahs :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 02:47:04 -0700 | political-news
The excited girls, with two of their teachers, made the eagerly awaited trip as part of an ongoing programme to instil in the students a sense of civic duty. The school recently implemented the programme to augment the students' learning,...
Life in the balance - Albert Morris pleads for help to cover medical expenses
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 02:47:04 -0700 | technology-news
OLD Albert Morris is on a desperate mission to preserve his life, which now hangs in the balance following a massive heart attack he suffered in March. He urgently needs $645,000 by early July for an operation to remove blockage...
A glimpse into the future!
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Ocho Rios :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 02:47:03 -0700 | political-news
AT the Ocho Rios Primary School got a first glimpse of their future and the various career choices that await them at the school's recent staging of Career Day. Despite early morning showers, the day pulled out the vast majority...
Henrica Thompson happy to represent St James
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 01:17:45 -0700 | entertainment-news
After taking the St James Festival Queen title on Sunday, Henrica Thompson is looking forward to representing her parish in the national finals. Speaking to The Gleaner following her crowning, Thompson expressed exhilaration at being given the opportunity. "I've always...
Off Tha Wall to rock Montego Bay tonight
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Montego Bay :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-25 01:17:45 -0700 | entertainment-news
The city of Montego Bay is poised to sizzle tonight as the bi-annual Off Tha Wall Retro Party takes centrestage at the scenic Pier One Complex on the waterfront. The party is expected to attract both local and overseas patrons....
Board could outvote Stewart - ATL executive
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-23 09:29:06 -0700 | allnews
The evidence came from David Davies, the chief financial officer of the ATL Group, who acknowledged during cross-examination yesterday in the billion-dollar ATL pension fraud trial that a board chairman can be outvoted by other directors...Knight questioned him about aspects...
Alleged Swiss Stores robbers face fraud charges
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Spanish Town :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-23 09:29:02 -0700 | allnews
They are Jamaica Labour Party activist Kayon 'Treasure' Campbell, 40-year-old businessman Donald Ho and Norman Robertson of Spanish Town, St Catherine. It is being alleged that Robertson, acting on the instructions of Campbell, went to a number of appliance stores...
Joyce Robinson: institution builder
Source: Jamaica Daily Gleaner
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2013-05-23 08:05:26 -0700 | allnews
She was born in St James on July 2, 1925, and moved to St Elizabeth at an early age...Teacher and librarian Immediately following her studentship at St Simon's, Lawson taught at her alma mater and then at Black River High...
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